Showtime released the premiere episode of its new docu-series Love Fraud early for free online sampling, on streaming platforms and on demand. The series is executive produced and directed by Emmy winners and Academy Award(R) nominees Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady.
Greenwich Entertainment released the official trailer for Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President, described as Part-rockumentary, part-presidential portrait, that traces how rock music helped propel Jimmy Carter to the White House and played in his life and work.
Actor Chadwick Boseman know for playing T’Challa in Black Panther, and for playing Black historical figures such as Jackie Robinson in 42, James Brown in Get on Up and Thurgood Marshall in Marshall died Friday of colon cancer. He was 43.
Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw’s documentary The Truffle Hunters which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, will be released in theaters on December 25, 2020 via Sony Pictures.
Just six weeks until opening night of the expanded virtual edition of the 28th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival, the festival announced the first five films in the lineup with Glenn Kaino and Afshin Shahidi’s With Drawn Arms as Opening Night Film.
This fall, Eagle Rock Entertainment will celebrate the legacy of two jazz music icons, with the release of the documentary films Ella Fitzgerald: Just One Of Those Things and Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes. These documentary films will be available on digital formats on September 11.
After working in French cinema for the past 30 years, for such masters as Jean-Luc Godard, Louis Malle, André Téchiné, Leos Carax, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Abbas Kiarostami, Claire Denis and Olivier Assayas, Juliette Binoche will be the first French actress to receive the Golden Icon Award for her acting career at the 16th Zurich Film Festival.
Tayler Montague’s debut short film In Sudden Darkness, set during 2003 NYC blackout, will receive its NY premiere at the 2020 New York Film Festival, in the Currents section (Program #8: New York Stories). The film will also receive its international premiere at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, and had its world premiere at the 2020 Blackstar Film Festival.
For the first time, the Zurich Film Festival opens with a movie directed by a female director. The world-premiere of the Swiss tragicomedy My Wonderful Wanda (Wanda, Mein Wunder) by Bettina Oberli opens the 16th Zurich Film Festival on September 24.
Austin Film Festival (AFF) announced the first wave of screenings to be included in their 2020 film slate, taking place virtually October 22-29.
The film My Little Sister (Schwesterlein) directed by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond has been submitted by Switzerland to represent the country in the International Feature Film category for the 93rd Academy Awards. The film starring Nina Hoss, Lars Eidinger, along with legendary Swiss actress Marthe Keller celebrated its world premiere in Competition at the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival.
Ahead of the world premiere as the opening film of the Orizzonti (Horizons) section of the 77th Venice International Film Festival, the first trailer is released via Hollywood Reporter for Apples (Mila), the feature debut of Greek director Christos Nikou.